# flux/dev/image-to-image

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* `flux/dev/image-to-image`
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## Model Overview

A state-of-the-art image generation model that utilizes a 12 billion parameter rectified flow transformer architecture. It is designed to generate high-quality images from textual descriptions, making it a powerful tool for developers and creatives.

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="220" valign="top">Model</th><th>Generated image properties</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><code>flux/dev/image-to-image</code></td><td>Format: <strong>PNG</strong><br>Fixed size: Matches the dimensions of the reference image.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Setup your API Key

If you don’t have an API key for the AI/ML API yet, feel free to use our [Quickstart guide](https://docs.aimlapi.com/quickstart/setting-up).

## API Schema

## POST /v1/images/generations

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```json
{"openapi":"3.0.0","info":{"title":"AIML API","version":"1.0.0"},"servers":[{"url":"https://api.aimlapi.com"}],"paths":{"/v1/images/generations":{"post":{"operationId":"_v1_images_generations","requestBody":{"required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"model":{"type":"string","enum":["flux/dev/image-to-image"]},"prompt":{"type":"string","maxLength":4000,"description":"The text prompt describing the content, style, or composition of the image to be generated."},"num_images":{"type":"number","minimum":1,"maximum":4,"default":1,"description":"The number of images to generate."},"seed":{"type":"integer","minimum":1,"description":"The same seed and the same prompt given to the same version of the model will output the same image every time."},"guidance_scale":{"type":"number","minimum":1,"maximum":20,"description":"The CFG (Classifier Free Guidance) scale is a measure of how close you want the model to stick to your prompt when looking for a related image to show you."},"num_inference_steps":{"type":"integer","minimum":1,"maximum":50,"default":50,"description":"The number of inference steps to perform."},"enable_safety_checker":{"type":"boolean","default":true,"description":"If set to True, the safety checker will be enabled."},"image_url":{"type":"string","format":"uri","description":"The URL of the reference image."},"strength":{"type":"number","default":0.95,"description":"Determines how much the prompt influences the generated image."}},"required":["model","prompt","image_url"],"title":"flux/dev/image-to-image"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"data":{"type":"array","nullable":true,"items":{"type":"object","properties":{"url":{"type":"string","nullable":true,"description":"The URL where the file can be downloaded from."},"b64_json":{"type":"string","nullable":true,"description":"The base64-encoded JSON of the generated image."}}},"description":"The list of generated images."},"meta":{"type":"object","nullable":true,"properties":{"usage":{"type":"object","nullable":true,"properties":{"credits_used":{"type":"number","description":"The number of tokens consumed during generation."}},"required":["credits_used"]}},"description":"Additional details about the generation."}}}}}}}}}}}
```

## Quick Example

Let's generate a new image using the one from the [flux/dev Quick Example](https://docs.aimlapi.com/api-references/image-models/flux-dev#quick-example) as a reference — and make a simple change to it with a prompt.

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```python
import requests
import json  # for getting a structured output with indentation

def main():
    response = requests.post(
        "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations",
        headers={
            # Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
            "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>",
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        json={
            "model": "flux/dev/image-to-image",
            "prompt": "Add a bird to the foreground of the photo.",
            "image_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/t-rex.png",
            "strength": 0.8
        }
    )

    data = response.json()
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

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```javascript
async function main() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      // Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      model: 'flux/dev/image-to-image',
      prompt: 'A T-Rex relaxing on a beach, lying on a sun lounger and wearing sunglasses.',
      image_url: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aimlapi/api-docs/main/reference-files/t-rex.png',
      strength: 0.8,
    }),
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
}

main();
```

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<details>

<summary>Response</summary>

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```json5
{
  images: [
    {
      url: 'https://cdn.aimlapi.com/eagle/files/elephant/RmRsL9NMW_kkRy6MemjZJ_ac9897dd871842e2a689b8bc24b4bf08.jpg',
      width: 1472,
      height: 512,
      content_type: 'image/jpeg'
    }
  ],
  timings: { inference: 4.4450759180035675 },
  seed: 3082066483,
  has_nsfw_concepts: [ false ],
  prompt: 'A T-Rex relaxing on a beach, lying on a sun lounger and wearing sunglasses.'
}
```

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</details>

| Reference Image                                                           | Generated Image                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![](https://cdn.aimlapi.com/eagle/files/monkey/GHx5aT0PR9GXtGi3Cx7CE.png) | <img src="https://cdn.aimlapi.com/eagle/files/lion/EyuGvQzlsBoVUB8qjV776.png" alt="" data-size="original"> |


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